One of the most frequently asked for “How-To” requests from developers
is how to handle invalid access tokens. Access tokens for users can
become invalid due to various reasons. In most cases, they can expire if
it’s past the time specified by the ‘expires’ field (by default access
token have a 2 hour lifetime). What many developers do not realize is
that an access token can also expire if a user changes her password,
logs out or if she de-authorizes the app via the App Dashboard.
It is very important that your apps handle such situations. If your
access token expires, you need to reacquire a valid access token.
This post will walk you through how you can ensure that you are handling and recovering from these situations gracefully. It assumes that you are familiar with our server-side authentication flow.
We will discuss 4 different scenarios:
The token expires after expires time (2 hours is the default).The user changes her password which invalidates the access token.Th…
This post will walk you through how you can ensure that you are handling and recovering from these situations gracefully. It assumes that you are familiar with our server-side authentication flow.
We will discuss 4 different scenarios:
The token expires after expires time (2 hours is the default).The user changes her password which invalidates the access token.Th…